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Time limit for issuing different income-tax notices & completion of assessment

Income Tax : Understand the statutory time limits for issuing income-tax notices and completing assessments under the Income-tax Act. The guide...

June 29, 2026 42276 Views 0 comment Print

Appellate Kill Shot to Reassessment Notices Under Section 148/148A

Income Tax : This article explains why reassessment proceedings may be invalid if the Assessing Officer merely relies on Investigation Wing rep...

June 20, 2026 1044 Views 0 comment Print

Reassessment 2.0: New Tax Notice Playbook Every Tax Professional Must Decode

Income Tax : The Income Tax Act, 2025 replaces old reassessment provisions with Sections 279 to 286 and increases reopening timelines in certai...

May 15, 2026 7791 Views 0 comment Print

Reassessment Sanctions under Income Tax: Application of Mind vs. Mechanical Approval

Income Tax : Explains how routine approvals under Section 151 can nullify reassessment proceedings. The key takeaway is that lack of applicatio...

March 31, 2026 711 Views 0 comment Print

Parrel Assessment under Income Tax not valid: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The ITAT held that reassessment cannot run parallel to ongoing scrutiny proceedings. Such action was declared without jurisdiction...

March 18, 2026 684 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


Budget 2024: Amendments to Income-tax Assessment & Reassessment Provisions  

Income Tax : Discover how Finance Act 2021 revamped assessment and reassessment procedures under Income-tax Act, impacting notices, time limits...

July 23, 2024 4584 Views 0 comment Print

Request to amend section 151 Sanctioning Authority for reassessment

Income Tax : Humble Representation for modification of Section 151 of the Income Tax Act relating to Sanction for issue of Notice under sec. 14...

July 25, 2022 6918 Views 0 comment Print

Request to clarify on SC judgement on Section 148 notices

Income Tax : Income Tax Gazetted Officers’ Association requested CBDT to issue Clarification in respect of the judgement of Hon’ble Supreme...

May 12, 2022 7524 Views 0 comment Print

Indiscriminate Income Tax notices without allowing reasonable time

Income Tax : In view of Indiscriminate notices by income Tax Department without allowing reasonable time it is requested to Finance Ministry an...

March 20, 2022 13395 Views 0 comment Print

Extend Time Limit for Income Tax Assessment time barring on 31.3.2022

Income Tax : Lucknow CA Tax Practicioners Association has made a Representation to FM for Extension of Time Limit for Assessment cases time bar...

March 20, 2022 42891 Views 2 comments Print


Latest Judiciary


Section 148 Reassessment Invalid Where Full Reasons Were Not Supplied & Sole Basis Was Retracted: Bombay HC

Income Tax : Bombay HC upheld ITAT's order, holding reassessment under Section 148 unsustainable as full reasons were not supplied and relied o...

July 4, 2026 171 Views 0 comment Print

Reassessment Notice Quashed Due to Approval by Wrong Authority After 3 Years: Bombay HC

Income Tax : The Bombay High Court held that reassessment proceedings for AY 2018-19 were invalid because the sanction was granted by the PCIT ...

June 27, 2026 213 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai Quashes Reassessment Orders Due to Time-Barred Section 148 Notices

Income Tax : The ITAT held that reassessment notices issued after the surviving limitation period prescribed by the Supreme Court were invalid....

June 25, 2026 315 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat HC Sets Aside Reopening as High-Value Bank Credits Alone Cannot Justify Reassessment

Income Tax : The Gujarat High Court held that reassessment cannot be sustained merely because of high-value bank transactions without evidence ...

June 25, 2026 444 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Quashes Reassessment as Section 151 Approval Was Granted by Wrong Authority

Income Tax : ITAT Pune held that reassessment proceedings were invalid because the approval under Section 151 was granted by the Principal Comm...

June 24, 2026 282 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Income Tax Dept Flags High-Risk Transactions for Reassessment Action – Sections 148/148A

Income Tax : The department has identified high-risk cases through its Insight Portal for AYs 2022-25. It directs officers to initiate reassess...

March 20, 2026 1269 Views 0 comment Print

Limitation date for reopening cases related to Ashish Agarwal judgment

Income Tax : Supreme Court in the matter of Shri Ashish Agarwal, several representations were received asking for time-barring date of such cas...

February 6, 2023 5982 Views 0 comment Print

Time barring date for reopening cases arising out of SC direction

Corporate Law : Income Tax Gazetted Officers’ Association (W.B.) Unit Date: 02.02.2023. To The Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, W...

February 2, 2023 3423 Views 0 comment Print

Case reopened in light of SC judgment in Ashish Agarwal to be completed by 31.05.2023

Income Tax : CBDT directed that cases reopened u/s 147/148A in consonance with Judgement of SC in case of UoI vs. Ashish Agarwal & CBDT instruc...

January 27, 2023 16119 Views 1 comment Print

Carry out due verification before initiating Section 148/147 proceedings: CBDT

Income Tax : Consequent to order passed by Allahabad High Court passing severe strictures and proposing to levy exemplary cost of Rs 50 lakhs i...

August 22, 2022 15555 Views 0 comment Print


Reopening beyond 4 years is bad in law if all primary facts disclosed during original assessment proceedings

June 21, 2022 2631 Views 0 comment Print

Harsh Kaushal Corporation Vs ITO (Bombay High Court) In the present case, it is evident from the reasons recorded for reopening that the petitioner had truly and fully disclosed all material facts necessary for the purpose of assessment. In fact, in the reasons for reopening, there is not even a whisper as to what was […]

Reassessment merely based on Investigation Wing information is invalid

June 18, 2022 2001 Views 0 comment Print

Uma Strips Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) In this case ITAT find that there is no live link presented by the AO between the material available with him i.e. the report of the investigation and to reason to belief that the assessee has tried to evade the assessment for the particular year in question. Simply […]

Initiation of Reassessment Proceedings by Non-Jurisdictional ITO is invalid

June 17, 2022 924 Views 0 comment Print

Indus Towers Ltd Vs Income Tax Officer (Delhi High Court) Having perused the letter dated 9th May, 2022 written by the Income Tax Officer, Ward 6(2), Jaipur, this Court is of the view that the said Income Tax Officer had no jurisdiction to issue notice dated 14th March, 2022 to propose initiation of reassessment proceedings, […]

SC judgment not applies to Section 148 notice for AY 2013-14 to 2015-16

June 15, 2022 14889 Views 0 comment Print

Ajay Bhandari Vs Union of India (Allahabad High Court) Reassessment — Reopening of assessment — Reopening notice issued under unammended provisions — Reliefs sought in petition is to quash impugned notice u/s 148 — Held, as per Clauses 6.2 and 7.1 of Board’s Circular dated 11.05.2022, if a case does not fall under Clause (b) […]

Draft of Reply to Section 148A(b) Notice considering SC Order

June 10, 2022 90615 Views 4 comments Print

Craft a strong response to Section 148A(b) Notice under the Income Tax Act, 1961. Leverage the Supreme Court order in Union of India vs. Ashish Agarwal dated 04-05-2022 to challenge and defend against the notice.

Section 148 Notice: Format of Reply on Letter Issued by AO Pursuant to SC Order

June 7, 2022 78201 Views 0 comment Print

Honorable Apex Court, in it’s judgment, in Para 10(iv) says as under: All defenses which may be available to the assesses including those available under section 149 of the IT Act and all rights and contentions which may be available to the concerned assessee and Revenue under the Finance Act, 2021 and in law shall continue to be available.

Summarised response to notices issued u/s 148A subsequent to SC decision & CBDT instruction No. 01/2022

June 3, 2022 16200 Views 1 comment Print

Understanding the impact of SC decision & CBDT instruction on reassessment notices u/s 148A. Learn how to reply to these notices for AYs 2013-14 & 2014-15.

Recent Supreme Court Decision on Reassessment

June 1, 2022 12750 Views 2 comments Print

Understanding the recent Supreme Court decision on reassessment notices issued under the Income-tax Act, 1961. Find out the impact on ongoing litigation.

Other addition in reassessment proceedings not sustainable if Foundational Additions are deleted 

June 1, 2022 2058 Views 0 comment Print

Assessing Officer can make `other addition’ in the reassessment proceedings, provided, the `foundational addition’ is made. When this proposition is taken to a next level, no different consequences will emerge, if the `foundational addition’ is itself finally deleted in an appeal.

Is CBDT instruction on issue of section 148 notice legally incorrect?

May 30, 2022 41916 Views 10 comments Print

An analysis of the legal correctness of CBDT Instruction No. 01/2022 and its implications on section 148 notices under the Income Tax Act.

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